Archaeological Research Laboratory

About the Laboratory

The Archaeological Research Laboratory Center (ARLC) provides research space for archaeologists from UWM Department of Anthropology. The Archaeological Research Laboratory Center currently supports offices for …

• UWM Cultural Resource Management (UWM-CRM)
• Program in Midwestern Archaeology (PIMA)
• Old World Archaeology
• Zooarchaeology

The ARLC encompasses 10,000 square feet of space devoted to offices, artifact processing areas, special collections space, computing facilities, photographic and cartographic studios, and storage.

The ARLC owns all the necessary equipment for conducting archaeological field and laboratory investigations including vehicles, transits, cameras, screens, excavation tools, scales, and microscopes. ARLC special collections include topographic maps, comparative faunal and floral collections, microfilm of the original land survey records for Wisconsin and Illinois, and artifacts and records from previous research. Regularly updated copies of the archaeological site files for southeast Wisconsin and most of northern Illinois are also maintained.